Gerhard von Breuning

Gerhard von Breuning (born August 28, 1813 in Vienna ; † May 6, 1892 there ) was an Austrian doctor and medical researcher .

Life

Breuning was born out of wedlock to Beethoven's long-time friend Stephan von Breuning and Constanze von Ruschowitz. For unknown reasons, the parents did not get married until February 18, 1817. His father's sister, Eleonore von Breuning , was also friends with Beethoven in her youth, as was her husband Franz Gerhard Wegeler .

Through his father around 1826 he came into close contact with the composer, who called him his "Ariel" and "Hosenknopf". He wrote valuable memoirs about these encounters in 1872, which are an important source of Beethoven research.

He was also an important Viennese doctor, surgeon and medical writer.

Breuning was buried at the Vienna Central Cemetery .

Works

The Asiatic Eruption Knowledge and Healing Art , Vienna 1837
Some Words on Abnormal Conditions of the Hand, by Robert Adams, Esq. Doctor surgeon at Richmond Hospitals in Dublin. Translated from English and the Royal. Prussia. Secret and Government Medicinal Advice ... Dr. Franz Gerhard Wegeler at the celebration of his 50th anniversary as a doctor on September 1, 1839, presented out of true piety by Dr. Gerhard von Breuning , Koblenz: Kehr, 1839
JF Dieffenbach's surgical services in Vienna. Shown in their successes , Vienna: Braumüller & Seidel, 1841
Resuscitation of paralyzed limbs by cutting tendons , Vienna: Gerold, 1844
Healing method of eating the legs by medicinal means. To avoid operative mutilation , Vienna: Mechitharisten-Congregations-Buchhandlung, 1852
About inflammation of the eyes in newborns and those of scrofula-sick children. A popular guide to the timely recognition and healing of these diseases , Vienna: Mechitharisten-Congregations-Buchhandlung, 1852
To regulate cholera therapy . A contribution , Oedenburg: Reichard, 1855 - special print from: Journal for natural and healing in Hungary
Comments on hospital construction and furnishings, suggested by the kaiserl. Establishment of the Rudolfs Foundation , Vienna: Mechitharisten-Congregations-Buchhandlung, 1859
Because. Josef Ritter von Veringen , St. Pölten: Passy, 1862
From the black Spanier house. Memories of L. van Beethoven from my youth , Vienna: Rosner 1874 ( digitized version )
Therapy of arthrocace. Treatment for scrofulous bone and joint diseases , Vienna: Huber and Lahme, 1882

literature

The memory of Gerhard von Breuning, dedicated by a loyal friend , Vienna: Koblizek, 1893 - special print from: Medizinisch-Chirurgisches Zentralblatt , vol. 3 (1893).
Walther Nohl, Gerhard von Breuning as a boy (an addition to his “Schwarzspanierhaus”), new material from Beethoven's conversation books. In: Die Musik , Vol. 32 (1939/40), pp. 374–377.
Rudolf Klein, Gerhard von Breuning on Beethoven's relationship with his relatives. An unknown draft for his article. In: Österreichische Musikzeitschrift , vol. 29 (1974), pp. 67-75.
Otto Biba , A portrait of Gerhard von Breuning. In: Bulletin of the Vienna Beethoven Society , 2/1987, p. 10.
Sieghard Brandenburg , A letter from Anton Schindler to Gerhard von Breuning. From the early days of Beethoven's biography , Bonn: Beethoven-Haus, 1993.
Rosemary Hilmar, About Beethoven's memory. Correspondence between Anton Schindler and Gerhard von Breuning 1842–1860. In: Communications from the Austrian Society for Musicology , No. 27, Vienna 1994, pp. 22–40.
Klaus Martin Kopitz , Rainer Cadenbach (Eds.) A. a .: Beethoven from the point of view of his contemporaries in diaries, letters, poems and memories. Volume 1: Adamberger - Kuffner. Edited by the Beethoven Research Center at the Berlin University of the Arts. Henle, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-87328-120-2 , pp. 111-117.

Individual evidence

^ Vienna, parish Alservorstadt, marriage book, Tom. 1809-1817, fol. 264, cit. after Rita Steblin , Beethoven's name in Viennese Conscription Records. In: The Beethoven Journal , vol. 24, no. 1 (summer 2009), pp. 4–13, here p. 13, note 47 (with a false name "Gerhardg" instead of "Gerhardus")

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personal data
SURNAME	Breuning, Gerhard von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian doctor
DATE OF BIRTH	August 28, 1813
PLACE OF BIRTH	Vienna
DATE OF DEATH	May 6, 1892
Place of death	Vienna

[1] Vienna, parish Alservorstadt, marriage book, Tom. 1809-1817, fol. 264, cit. after Rita Steblin , Beethoven's name in Viennese Conscription Records. In: The Beethoven Journal , vol. 24, no. 1 (summer 2009), pp. 4–13, here p. 13, note 47 (with a false name "Gerhardg" instead of "Gerhardus")